In the 10 years that we have worked in the Deschutes Basin, we have accomplished more than any other streamflow restoration group in the Columbia River region.  Brief descriptions of our accomplishments appear below.

• Water Conservation. The DRC’s Water Conservation Program restores streamflow by reducing the amount of water lost through canal seepage or by increasing on-farm efficiency. To date, this program has permanently restored 37 cubic feet per second (cfs) of streamflow to the Deschutes River and its tributaries.
  
  
• Water Purchases.  Our Water Transfers Program compensates water rights holders for permanently transferring part or all of their water right instream. This program has permanently restored over five cubic feet per second (cfs) of streamflow since 1999.
  
  
• Water Leasing.  The Water Leasing Program gives land owners who do not wish to use their water right to irrigate their land the option to leave the water in the river for restoration. In 2007, we worked with almost 240 landowners to temporarily restore 97 cubic feet per second (cfs) of
  stream flow to the Deschutes River and its tributaries.
  
  
• Habitat Restoration.   We have supported almost 50 habitat restoration projects across the Deschutes Basin. Almost 40 of these projects have been implemented by 2008.  DRC funded habitat restoration projects have restored almost 100 miles of stream, created 13 acres of new wetlands, and planted almost 150,000 native riparian plants.